Honors Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
hcorganicws3.doc
Name: _______________________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ______
1. The following molecule would best be described as:
H
O
H3C
OH
H
a.
b.
c.
d.
An unsaturated cis-fatty acid.
An unsaturated trans-fatty acid.
A saturated cis-fatty acid.
A saturated trans-fatty acid.
2. Match the items with their most appropriate descriptions:
_____ 1. amines
_____ 2. addition reaction
_____ 3. phenyl group
_____ 4. benz(a)anthracene
_____ 5. structural isomers
_____ 6. aromatic hydrocarbon
_____ 7. –COOH
_____ 8. –OH
_____ 9. functional group common
to aldehydes and ketones
_____ 10. methanol
_____ 11. C6H5OH
_____ 12. condensation reaction
a. n-butane and methylpropane
b. carcinogen in burned meat and cigarettes
c. organic bases
d. hydrogenation
e. hydroxyl
f. carboxyl
g. carbonyl
h. containing benzene or benzene-like structures
i. from wood distillation / metabolized into
formaldehyde
j. benzene as a substituent
k. reaction in the formation of esters
l. phenol
3. Which term doesn’t go with the others? (Circle one)
alkyl group
substituent
division
branch
4. Write the process for the addition reaction between propene and chlorine gas. Name the compound.
5. Determine the hybridization, bond angle and molecular geometry central to the oxygen in an alcohol.
6. The formal name for aspirin is _________________________________, and has the structure (draw
below).
7. A gasoline additive MTBE (methyltert-butylether) is used as an anti-knock additive that also helps
reduce CO emissions. Draw the structure for this compound.
8. Draw the structure and write the name for the compound that will form from the oxidation of 3,3dimethylhexan-2-ol.
9. Explain what is meant by “resonance” as it pertains to the benzene ring. Why is a circle commonly
used when representing the middle of the ring structure?
10. What is the most common use of hydrocarbons?
11. Draw the general formula for the polymer that would form from the monomer polyvinyl chloride
(PVC), CH2=CHCl
12. Draw and name all the structural isomers of n-hexane (Hint: There are 5 including n-hexane itself).